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A little bit about my business {Sweet Me Designs} and a bit about my scrapbooking!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Healthy recipe... Vegetarian "Meat"Loaf Muffins

I was looking for a high-protein grab and go kind of meal and came across a couple vegetarian "meat"loaf recipes. I combined the two taking out things I didn't like and adding things I did. This is what I came up with:

Cute huh?

Todays lunch on top of baby spinach and arugula!

Vegetarian “Meat”Loaf Muffins

Makes approx. 19-20 meatloaf muffins

*** NOTE on vegetable – You can buy them pre-chopped in a container at the grocery store. Usually the onion, celery & carrot are together.

INGREDIENTS

·6 cups vegetable stock

·1 teaspoon salt

·2 ½ cups green lentils

·1 small onion, diced

·2 carrots, diced

·2 celery stalks, diced

·8 ounces crimini mushrooms, diced

·2 cups brown rice, cooked

·5 egg whites

·8 ounces tomato sauce

·2 teaspoons garlic powder

·2 teaspoon basil (dried or fresh)

·2 teaspoon parsley (dried or fresh)

·1 teaspoon seasoning salt

·½ teaspoon black pepper

·1 teaspoon dried chipotle pepper powder

DIRECTIONS

1.Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2.Bring vegetable stock to a boil, add green lentils and cook until done according to package.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Getting' myself back into shape...

Not that I was really out of shape, I'm toning my business up! A lot of people think I'm skinny... but skinny isn't good and I'm actually not. :) I'm back hitting the gym again and I loooooooooove it! I wanna get back to this:

This was me a few years ago!Weight training & cardio 5-6 days a week.

I wasn't really eating a clean diet then. I ate almost what I wanted, but I was still a vegetarian. I'm back to the gym 5-6 times a week, weights & cardio each day. I'll share my routine tomorrow maybe. I've been really trying to do some "clean eating". Which is basically fresh foods free of bad fats, man-made sugars and processed foods.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

|fishing day|

I randomly sprayed Shimmerz Vibez (Sunset Strip, Before Dawn, Jeni Bleu) on wax paper. Dabbed my piece of bubble wrap in it then pressed it on my paper. I continued to do that until I covered my paper.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

|you & me us ♥ 2|

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

|ride|

Brandon and I went on this awesome bike ride in March of 2010. We drove to Boulder City, rented some bikes and road the Railroad Pass trail to the Hoover Dam. I crashed just before we hit the end. AND I laughed at myself. Ha!

Sunday, February 13, 2011

|teeccino|

I'm just sayin'! HEAVEN in a cup!!! ♥♥♥ I am trying to cut back on my caffeine/coffee intake a the moment. While the coffee we drink at home is ONLY 1/2 caff coffee is still very acidic which as everyone should be aware highly acidic foods/drinks we intake can and are known to be a cause of many diseases or at least it helps them along. Anywho, I want to cut mine back. I LOVE the taste of coffee but don't really benefit from caffeine in any way. I don't get the energy jolt from it. I found this...

It smells terrible (to me) but oh man, brew that puppy and it is sooooooooo delightful! The one above is the flavor I purchased at Whole Foods. You can buy them online at Teeccino or use their product locator to find it being sold close to you. I bought their sampler pack and I'm waiting for that to come in the mail. It's made from:

Right now I'm mixing 1/2 coffee (my 1/2 caff) and 1/2 the Teeccino when I brew it. It has recommendations on how to brew if you're trying to ween yourself off of caffeine. :) It's also gluten free if that's a concern for anyone. Afterall... I'm after Optimal Health!

Monday, February 7, 2011

|flashback|

With all this talk about CHA and scrapbooking I'm gettin' the itch! I was going through one of my external harddrives trying to organize some photos and I came across my photos from when I was on Scrapbook LifeStyle. Remember that show? OMGosh it was so much fun! I sure miss the girls! It reminded me of Memory Trends 2006 when I ran into Angela Daniels and ended up having an interview with Amelia when I got home to be on the show. Anyway, here's a little jaunt down memory lane of Memory Trends 2006 and CHA 2007...

Friday, February 4, 2011

|pb cup heaven|

If you love peanut butter cups you just HAVE to make these... The Kind Lifer Peanut Butter Cups. There really is nothing like them and they are so much better than Reese's PB Cups! And oh yes... they are VEGAN! You won't believe it when you down one, or two, or maybe three of these suckers. Take it from someone who is a die hard fan of anything peanut butter, let alone peanut butter and chocolate. :) I like to keep mine in the freezer and then when I want one I take it out for just a few minutes before I devour it. They are normally a little soft, so the freezer helps harden them up. I buy my goods at Whole Foods because I know I can find the organic graham crackers and I buy the maple sugar granules too!

STEPSLine a 12-cup muffin tin with paper liners. (If You Care makes unbleached liners made from recycled paper.) Set aside. Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the peanut butter, graham cracker crumbs, and maple sugar and mix well. Remove the mixture from the heat. Evenly divide the mixture, approximately 2 tablespoons per cup, among the muffin cups. Combine the chocolate and milk in another pan. Stir over medium heat until the chocolate has melted. Spoon the chocolate evenly over the peanut butter mixture. Top with chopped nuts. Place in the refrigerator to set for at least 2 hours before serving.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

|guest|

I'm a guest blogger over at the blog belonging to the one and only Rachel Carlson! Do you know her? I love her! We met eons ago in the scrapping world and I was her Secret Bunny in a gift exchange one year. I surprised her with a box of goodies and one of these... A Claudine Hellmuth Poppets of which I KNOW she adores. She's one uber talented scrapper who works for Tattered Angels, 7 Gypsies and Thermo Web. She's simply AMAZING and one of these days I will make it up there to see her. THANKS Rach!

Saturday, January 29, 2011

|gah|

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

|organize|

I saw this on Anna Bowkis' blog. Are you ready for a challenge? I love anything that has to do with organizing! I probably won't do something EVERY day because I'm lazy like that. LOL But here ya go and let me know if you're going to do it to and if you find any clever ways to organize some things...

Sunday, January 23, 2011

|addiction|

Ok, so now I AM totally addicted to that damn {Pinterest} site. I can't help it! I'm seriously trying to keep my nose into the grind of mixing clay so I can get these flowers into my shop but I constantly think I need to take a little looky. What am I gaining from it??? NOTHING! Here's a few pics I've {pinned} recently...